Olympic legend Tessa Sanderson has told of her battle with hearing loss. The only British athlete to have ever won Olympic gold in a throwing event has revealed she started losing her hearing over two decades ago and how “pretending to understand” affected her confidence. The former javelin thrower and public speaker told the Mirror she struggled to hear what people were saying which “rocked” her confidence as she became “terrified I’d ignore someone or freeze on stage”. Tessa Sanderson won